Getting published: achieving acceptance from reviewers and editors

摘要

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop an understanding how to successfully develop, write up and get research work accepted and published in an English language business research journal. Design/methodology/approach - A review of good basics in writing, producing good scholarly academic writing, presentation of papers that are in a style that is proper for academic English language journals and how to avoid common writing problems and mistakes. Findings - Getting research work published requires persistence, people and progress. One must have persistence in seriously approaching and improving one's research work. Researchers need to involve a network of people (conference attendees, people who understand the area, reviewers and editors) to develop good research. Research should lead to progress in our understanding of the way the world works. Practical implications - This paper helps authors readily bring their research to publishable quality in English language research journals by reducing pitfalls to authors writing in English as a foreign language. Originality/value - By providing not only sound practical advice, and how to avoid potential errors, the paper also provides graphic diagrams and a checklist for research writing that will aid authors writing in English as a foreign language in readily bringing their research to publishable quality in English language research journals.